Board Of Professional Affairs Research Articles

Adam M. Reid: APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology.

The APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology is awarded on an annual basis by the APA Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding practice and application of psychology. One of the 2015 award winners is Adam M. Reid, who received this award "for his community service, in which he has integrated the highest standards of professional psychological clinical practice and science." Adam's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

Rebeccah A. Bernard: APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology.

The APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology is awarded on an annual basis by the APA Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding practice and application of psychology. A qualified candidate must demonstrate exemplary performance in working with an underserved population in an applied setting or have developed an innovative method for delivering health services to an underserved population. This year there are joint recipients of the award, Allie Abrahamson and Rebeccah A. Bernard. Their vision, creativity, courage, and dedication led them to create the Human Rights Forum at Chestnut Hill College to promote human rights education, awareness, and community service opportunities for doctoral students. Rebeccah A. Bernard's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

Allie Abrahamson: APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology.

The APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology is awarded on an annual basis by the APA Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding practice and application of psychology. A qualified candidate must demonstrate exemplary performance in working with an underserved population in an applied setting or have developed an innovative method for delivering health services to an underserved population. This year there are joint recipients of the award, Allie Abrahamson and Rebeccah A. Bernard. Their vision, creativity, courage, and dedication led them to create the Human Rights Forum at Chestnut Hill College to promote human rights education, awareness, and community service opportunities for doctoral students. Allie Abrahamson's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

Trainees with professional competency problems: Preparing trainers for difficult but necessary conversations.

SUE C. JACOBS, Associate Professor, Training Director, and Ledbetter Lemon Endowed Diversity Professor in Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University earned her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1989. Her interests include issues in ethics, education and training, difficult dialogues, the teaching of psychology, older adults, health, diversity, social justice, disaster response, mindfulness and anger. STEVEN K. HUPRICH earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina–Greensboro in 1999. He is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Eastern Michigan University, having research interests in personality disorders and personality assessment. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders. CATHERINE L. GRUS is the Deputy Executive Director, Education at the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Grus received her PhD in clinical psychology from Nova University. At APA, Dr Grus works to advance policies and practices that promote quality education and training in psychology. EVELYN A. CAGE is a Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology at Auburn University. After graduating with a BA in Psychology from Emory University in 2006, Evelyn pursued graduate training and has plans to receive her degree in 2013. Her research interests include training and development, multicultural counseling, and disordered eating in AfricanAmerican women. NANCY S. ELMAN received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh where she also served for nearly 20 years as training coordinator for the doctoral program in Counseling Psychology. She has served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance (Board of Professional Affairs) and the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on psychologists and trainees with professional competence problems. LINDA FORREST, Professor and Associate Director for Faculty Outreach at the University of Oregon Center on Diversity and Community, received her PhD from the University of Washington in Educational Psychology. Her research interests focus on problems of professional competence, and other professional education and training issues (competency, ethics, international). REBECCA SCHWARTZ-METTE (MA Clinical Psychology) is a doctoral candidate in Clinical and Developmental psychology at the University of Missouri. Her research interests focus on the interpersonal context of adolescent internalizing symptoms and on ethical and training issues in psychology. DAVID S. SHEN-MILLER is an assistant professor of counseling psychology at Tennessee State University. He received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Oregon in 2008. His research interests include professional competence issues in training, the psychology of men and masculinity, ecological approaches to supervision and training, and qualitative research methods. KRISTI S. VAN SICKLE received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology in 2006, and is currently an Assistant Professor in Florida Institute of Technology’s School of Psychology. Her primary research interests include professional competence, community health, and integrated primary care.; NADINE J. KASLOW, Professor, Vice Chair, and Chief Psychologist (Grady) at Emory School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston. Her research is on suicide and mood disorders; family violence; couples and family psychology; and competency-based psychology education, training, and credentialing. AS AUTHORS OF THIS ARTICLE, we are all members of the Trainees With Competence Problems Workgroup under the auspices of the American Psychological Association’s Education Directorate. Except for first, second, third, and last author, authorship order is alphabetical. CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS ARTICLE should be addressed to Sue C. Jacobs, PhD, Oklahoma State University, School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, 425 Willard, Stillwater, OK 74078-4024. E-mail: sue.c.jacobs@okstate.edu Training and Education in Professional Psychology © 2011 American Psychological Association 2011, Vol. 5, No. 3, 175–184 1931-3918/11/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0024656

Professional Affairs Board in Action: An Example

There is increasing emphasis at present on regional boundaries and professional affairs boards (PABs) have been set up to focus the efforts of the College on supporting surgeons in the workplace. The South East Coast PAB was set up in January this year, made up of nine regional specialty professional advisors (RSPAs). One of our responsibilities is to 'develop a local strategy for surgery for achieving and maintaining generic professional and specialty standards of care' and in this article we describe our first efforts to achieve that.

Establishing a Professional Affairs Board in Wales

Establishing a professional affairs board (PAB) will be different in each of the regions of the UK but presents particular challenges in Wales. The NHS is very important to the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). It has its own Department of Health; Minister; Director General, Health and Social Services; Chief Medical Officer; Medical Director; and the panoply of government.

Monitoring Compliance with Professional Guidance Revisited. A Further Discussion Paper Prepared by the Compliance/Peer Review Working Party of the Professional Affairs Board

ABSTRACTThis second paper from the Compliance/Peer Review Working Party of the Professional Affairs Board sets out the reasons for introducing peer review within the profession, and outlines the areas of professional difficulty identified. The main recommendation is that peer review by an actuary's colleagues in his firm should be carried out on all relevant work before presentation to the client (whether an internal or external client). The situations in which this practice would be mandatory are also set out and, initially, these will relate to mandatory guidance in practising certificate areas.

Monitoring Compliance with Professional Guidance. A Discussion Paper prepared by the Compliance/Peer Review Working Party of the Professional Affairs Board

ABSTRACTThis is a discussion paper prepared by the Compliance/Peer Review Working Party of the Professional Affairs Board. It considers the monitoring of compliance with the professional conduct standard and guidance notes, how this is being done, and whether changes need to be made to the monitoring in the light of on-going changes to the regulation of financial services.

ADHD: A Psychological Response to an Evolving Concept

The British Psychological Society is the only national organization of psychologists within the United Kingdom representing all aspects of psychology and all subspecialisms within psychology. It is both a learned scientific society and a professional association. To address the concept of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the Professional Affairs Board of the Society convened a Working Party, consisting of individuals nominated by subsystems of the Society because of their recognized professional and academic expertise. They covered a range of specialisms, including educational, clinical, criminological, neurological, and cognitive psychology. A report by the Working Party was published in September 1996. It had two main aims: first, to outline the research that was relevant to current understanding of the notion of ADHD from an historical, psychological, and biological perspective, and, second, to consider implications for practice in the light of the information obtained. The focus was predominantly on children, although it was recognized that problems could persist into adulthood. The intention was to write a report for professionals that also would be accessible to a wider audience. This article is a highly abridged version of the report. It omits the references to research reviews and research studies contained in the full account. Selected extracts are included in order to justify the conclusions and the recommendations that are made and to inform a North American audience of developments in the United Kingdom.

Psychology and Antisocial Behaviour

An abstract of a report prepared for the Professional Affairs Board of the BPS by the Working Party on Clinical Psychology Services for Offenders and People with Antisocial Behaviour Problems

Review of Psychology and Physical Disability in the National Health Service: 1989 Report of the Professional Affairs Board of the British Psychological Society.

Review of Psychology and Physical Disability in the National Health Service: 1989 Report of the Professional Affairs Board of the British Psychological Society.

Professional Affairs Board Task Force on the Implications of the Changing Trends in Professional PsychologyTask Force Discussion PaperTask Force Discussion PaperTask Force Discussion Paper

First, timescale. This group was initiated through PAB in June 1989, and representative of the Division of BPS met to plan for the Task Force in October 1989. The Task Force itself first met in April 1990, and the second meeting was held in June 1990. By this time, all the Divisions of the Society (i.e. DECP, SDECP, DCP, OOP and DCLP), both Special Groups (i.e. ourselves and the Special Group of Teachers of Psychology) and the three Boards of the Society (Professional Affairs, Scientific Affairs and Membership and Qualifications) were represented. Two further meetings are planned for 6 October and 30 November 1990. I was asked by the Executive Committee of the Special Group in Counselling Psychology to represent the Special Group, and the June 1990 meeting was the first that I attended. By the time this article appears, the October meeting will have been held, but I would value any comments from Special Group members prior to the meeting on 30 November - my address is in this issue of the Review.

A note from the Chairman of the Board of Professional Affairs.

A note from the Chairman of the Board of Professional Affairs.